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Record: MDI52L01SW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Forgotten Lake Quarry East - 9999
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 2002-Jul-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Forgotten Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 4' 13.55"    Longitude: -94° 20' 30.81"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 403972.73   Northing: 5547323.89    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52L01SW

Point Location Description: Quarry is located 0.5 km east of the northern end of Forgotten Lake.

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Quarry is located 35km north of Kenora and 10 km north of Reddit. Access is via the English River Road and private company quarry road.



Exploration History

Nelson Granite started production in 1997.




Lithology Comments

Feb 19, 2013 (Shannon Zurevinski) - Production: 2010- 3155 m3 extracted and in 2011- 2306 m3 extracted. Green and Yellow Porphyritic granite (Pine Green and Crystal Gold)




Mineral Record Details

Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Forgotten Lake 2013 Indicated Mineral Resource 100000 OFR 6291
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
2013 5167 Granite 5167 Tonnes
C. Spence, Nelson Granite Ltd., personal communication, 2013 2054.4 m3 (72 551 ft3) was produced in 2013
2000 13274 Granite 13274 Tonnes
5,278 cubic metres of stone have been quarried from 1997-2000. Yearly production volumes are documented in Kenora District ROAs.

References

Mono - Report of Activities 2000, Resident Geologist Program, Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Red Lake and Kenora Districts

Publication Number: OFR6047 Date: 2001

Author: Lichtblau A.F., Raoul A., Ravnaas C., Storey C.C., Kosloski L., Debicki R.L., Drost A.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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